Thread by @polijunkie_aus

Li Ziguo, director of the Institute of Eurasian Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, writes in the CCP’s official paper, People’s Daily, that the “warmongering US”, is responsible for the #UkraineInvasion

en.people.cn/n3/2022/0325/c…

Li talks like a mafia thug: Ukraine is a beautiful country, pity what’s happening because it didn’t behave. Even if we accept Li’s premise that it’s become a battlefield between two powers, he blames the sufferings on the country that is *not* dropping bombs. Truly Orwellian.

A reminder again that while China insists it’s position on #UkraineRussia is “objective, fair and beyond reproach”, its own Pravda is laying the blame of the war squarely on the US, the country with no troops involved in the war

Opinion piece on GT: Six tricks of the American information warfare on #UkraineCrisis, and lessons for China

“Ukraine-Russia conflict is the first large scale war broadcast live on social media. US led information war is as thrilling as military action”
world.huanqiu.com/article/47N6kV…

The article starts with a cartoon accusing US of “slandering” China as a co-conspirator of Russia. I wonder what makes Americans think that?

“Trick One: adding oxygen to fire.
From senior officials to media outlets, US has been releasing intelligence reports to create fog of war, warning about Russia’s plan for regime change, its excuse to start war, troop movements, evacuating US citizens, invasions dates…”

This is a bizarre take. The American intelligence assessment of Putin’s invasion plan turned out to be accurate. Russia’s denials before the war turned out to be lies. Yet GT is blaming US for “spreading conspiracy”

“While US waged info war, it was Russia that called for dialogue and proposed drafts on security arrangements. But US ignored the olive branch.”
“As @TulsiGabbard said, if US promised that Ukraine will not join NATO, war could have been avoided”

Tulsi, Hillary was right.

“Trick Two: Double Standard. US accuses Russia breaching international law, but ignores its own Monroe Doctrine, invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq, illegal bombing of Serbia, Libya, Syria, and has never repented for the crimes”

The double standard applies to China too. Russia’s invasion of Ukraines breaks each of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, China’s foreign policy doctrine. China is vocal in opposing US led wars but refuses even to call Putin’s war an invasion, let alone condemns it.

Caption:“US wants Russia to pay a heavy price, yet it was civilians of Afghanistan/Iraq/Syria who suffered as a result of U.S. wars”
After 9/11, China supported Bush’s decision to take out Al Qaeda. Russia was heavily involved in Syria war too.
They had a point on Iraq.

“US promotes cross-border sports/culture, private property rights, yet confiscates assets Russian assets, cancel Russian artists, even cats/dogs, and Swan Lake. US media ignore that many Russian restaurants in US got attacked, reminiscent of Night of Broken Glass of Nazi era”

When it comes to #Ukraine️, China’s focus is in bad faith: Ukrainians are dying by the thousands, their homes destroyed, but China won’t condemn Putin’s invasion, doesn’t even call it “war”, yet it cares about “cancel culture” and oligarchs’ yachts.
And US media did report.

“US cares about Ukrainians, but ignores plight of middle eastern and African refugees. CBS host speaks from heart that you don’t expect war in civilised Europe. CNN guest exposes US discrimination: when Syrians got attacked with sarin gas, US doesn’t care because they are Arabs”

The last point is so bad faith: after condemning US for “warmongering” in Syria, GT now complains that Obama didn’t wage war on Assad for his use of chemical weapons. Dose GT even have a functioning editor?
As for refugee intake, US did more than China

GT shows video of an American student challenging Albright on why US bombed Iraq but ignored human rights violations of its allies.
It was a good question. America has a lot to answer. I would like to see a Chinese student challenging Minister Wang Yi in the same fearless fashion

“Trick Three: Spreading rumours and fake news. Information flows faster than missiles in social media age, US launches saturated information warfare on Russia with fake news”

Well well…edition.cnn.com/2022/03/10/chi…

GT cites this CNN report about a kindergarten hit by Russian shelling as example of fake news: “except for the hole on the wall, the windows are intact”.

GT accuses this pregnant Ukrainian woman “faking getting injured by Russian fire”, on the basis of her being an Instagram star before the war.
How fitting the Chinese state media pretends to debunk fake news while spreading fake news

mashable.com/article/pregna…

GT cites debunked photo as evidence of White Helmet faking Syrian war crimes. The photo is from AN ACTUAL MOVIE SHOOT!
Does @globaltimesnews even have a functioning editor? Do they do basic fact check? Can’t they even Google before posting their garbage?

bbc.com/news/stories-5…

The last question was rhetorical. They can’t Google. It is banned in China

“Rumour sprinted miles before truth puts on pants. Even if truth comes out, poison has already been released. Faced with facts, US media and politicians pretend not to see. As long as they get political correct, incite public opinion, get hits, who cares ethics”
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“Trick Four: media censorship. US controls flow of web opinions, a lethal weapon in info warfare. Even President Trump got banned by Twitter. So much for freedom of speech. They can even censor the biggest country in the world, Russia”

Chinese state media complaining US censorship is hilarious. China blocks most western news outlets and social media platforms. Many people are punished, even in jail, for the crime of expression.
And a private business banning the President is exactly what 1st Amendment is for.

GT complains Twitter adds warning label for China’s state media contents but not for western gov funded outlets like BBC/NPR.
Those public broadcasters have charters that guarantee their editorial freedom, unlike the Chinese state media which is required to carry CCP propaganda

“Trick Five: forming cliques. Most countries don’t choose sides, 140 countries refuse to sanction Russia. Yet US promotes narrative of “democracy vs dictatorship”, binary thinking to shirk own responsibility and divert attention, creates illusion of Russia as public enemy No.1”

141 countries voted to condemn Russian invasion.
Countries imposing sanctions represent over 50% of global GDP.
And China complaining about “forming cliques” is just hilarious, after signing a “no limit” pact with Russia

“US mobilised NATO to condemn Russia. Populism rising in Europe recently but with US manipulation Europe goes into collective unconsciousness mired in anti Russia moral superiority. Lithuania even set up hotline to sob in pro-Russia neighbour. We wonder if this is Orwell’s 1984”

Chinese state media accusing liberal Europe of being like Orwell’s 1984 is ….. Orwellian in itself. amp.theguardian.com/law/2020/jan/1…

GT quotes China’s favorite war criminal, Henry Kissinger “it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal”

GT mocks the West’s “performance art” showing solidarity with Ukraine. I guess GT’s support for Father Russia is definitely heart felt.

GT criticises western delegates walking out UN meeting during Lavrov’s speech as a political show unfit for purpose of UN. Because the Chinese always have good manners at meetings…

“Trick Six: collateral punishing of China. Even at height of Ukraine crisis, US didn’t forget who is the real “grave competitor”. US officials have been leaking fake news about China in cohort with Russia, providing aid to Russia”

I don’t know man. Why do people suspect China is aiding and abetting Russia? Maybe they took your words about “no limit” partnership seriously?

Lessons learned: “One. War of public opinion is important. While US holds information hegemony, their tricks are exposed. They are timid in using force for offline high cost real war, but strike out in low cost on line war, proving they are real tiger AND paper tiger.”

“China has gotten rid of the fate of “being invaded” and “being hungry”, now we must act together to spread out righteous voice across the world so that we are no longer “being abused”

“Lesson Two: danger of western spiritual opium. The West sets discourse trap and self-appoint to moral high ground, but suffers trust deficit due to hypocrisy. China should be confident of advantages of our path, ideology, system….”

“….. and expose logical deficiencies of the rules set by the West and the selfish & hypocritical nature of their hegemony, unilateralism, protectionism under the guise of universal values”

Lesson Three: “be independent and self-sustained. Many countries happily give up control of internet, social media, news media and data to US. Without ownership of opinion platforms, it is like building a castle on sand.”

“The discourse power doesn’t come by itself. It’s time our domestic media and web influencers to set their sights globally and sail off to the world to grab the initiatives to occupy the public opinion front”.

So China closes its doors to the world but sets loose it’s wolves.

So these are the lessons China's state media learned from #UkraineRussianWar. Not that it's wrong to invade anther country, kill its people. subjugate them for your own "security". /end thread

Media guidelines issued by CCP (unconfirmed)
1. make clear impact on supply chains from sanctions on Russia
2. make clear the West forces others to choose side through coercive means like finance, currency, technology
3. amplify criticism of US...

.... call for US to reject cold war thinking and confrontation
4. make clear US is the ultimate culprit of crisis around the world
5. amplify rational voices from around the world, objectively portray impact of crisis to the world

An eagle eyed blogger caught a state media outlet lying about a Zelensky speech